A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews

Find a perfect children’s book to share or read, and information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, teachers, librarians, graduate students, and teachers-to-be! Browse A Book or Two by title, genre, or topic! HAPPY READING! This is a closed site, to prevent inappropriate postings. You won't be able to add your own comments. Communication should be sent to the site organizer, Dr. Deb Marciano (dlmarciano@valdosta.edu).

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11/22/13

The Spider and the Fly

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Tony Diterlizzi

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 2002

GENRE: Fiction

READING LEVEL: Ages 5-8

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This poem is about a spider trying to convince a fly to come upstairs. The fly denies every offer because she knows whatever goes up does not come down. She left and one day returned. The spider didn’t ask to go upstairs, he captured her. From that day on the fly was never seen again.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: I would read this around Halloween, and I would have the students create their own spooky poem.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Emily Cribb, Valdosta State University

11/21/13

If You Hold a Seed

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Elly MacKay

PUBLISHER: Running Press Kids

PUBLICATION DATE: February 5, 2013

GENRE: Poetry READING LEVEL: 1st-2nd Grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: An inspirational poem about a boy that planted a seed and made a wish on it. He watched this tree grow trough the seasons. Eventually when the boy became a man, he wish came true.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have the students draw a picture of a tree throughout all the different seasons.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kenyah Wolfe Valdosta State University

11/12/13

Harlem

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Walter Dean Myers

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press PUBLICATION DATE: 1997

AWARDS: Caldecott Honor Book, 1998; Coretta Scott King Award;Selected title of the White Ravens, 1998; Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Fiction Honor, 1997

GENRE: Poetry: 1 poem READING LEVEL: 4th grade and up

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Poetry book that follows Harlem through its past and present.

Tells of the discrimination that new settlers of Harlem searching for better a better life experienced

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will write a poem using haiku, sonnet, or cross-rhyming. They will then recite their poem for the class.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Anika Perry, Valdosta State University